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Thomas Greiss

#1 · Goalie · St. Louis Blues

Born Jan 29, 1986 in Fussen, DEU · 6'2", 219 lb · Catches left · Drafted 94th overall in 2004 by SJS (round 3)

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William M. Jennings Trophy Goaltender(s) on Team with Fewest Goals Against 2018-19

Compare with a similar player

The goalies closest to him in games played in 2015-16. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian Elliott STL · 42 GP, 0.930 James Reimer SJS · 40 GP, 0.922 John Gibson ANA · 40 GP, 0.920 Frederik Andersen ANA · 43 GP, 0.919 Kari Lehtonen DAL · 43 GP, 0.906

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below. Cap hit is what he counted against the salary cap that season, where it is known.

020402007-08: 3 games307-082009-10: 16 games1609-102011-12: 19 games1911-122012-13: 6 games612-132013-14: 25 games2513-142014-15: 20 games2014-152015-16: 41 games4115-162016-17: 51 games5116-172017-18: 27 games2717-182018-19: 43 games4318-192019-20: 31 games3119-202020-21: 34 games3420-212021-22: 31 games3121-222022-23: 21 games2122-23

Games played by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Cap hit
2007-08 SJS 3 0110 50 43 7 3.26 0.860
2009-10 SJS 16 7410 399 364 35 2.68 0.912 $550K
2011-12 SJS 19 9710 472 432 40 2.30 0.915 $588K
2012-13 SJS 6 1401 153 140 13 2.53 0.915 $588K
2013-14 PHX 25 10852 626 576 50 2.29 0.920 $750K
2014-15 PIT 20 9630 546 496 50 2.59 0.908 $1M
2015-16 NYI 41 231141 1197 1107 90 2.36 0.925 $1.5M
2016-17 NYI 51 261853 1453 1327 126 2.69 0.913 $1.5M
2017-18 NYI 27 13821 879 784 95 3.82 0.892 $3.333M
2018-19 NYI 43 231425 1185 1098 87 2.28 0.927 $3.333M
2019-20 NYI 31 16940 838 765 73 2.74 0.913 $3.333M
2020-21 DET 34 81582 894 815 79 2.70 0.912 $3.6M
2021-22 DET 31 101510 842 750 92 3.66 0.891 $3.6M
2022-23 STL 21 71001 626 561 66 3.64 0.896
14 seasons Career 368 1621303716 10160 9258 903 2.77 0.911

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
2009-10 SJS 1 0000 28 26 2 3.00 0.929
2015-16 NYI 11 5600 388 358 30 2.46 0.923
2018-19 NYI 1 0000 10 8 2 3.29 0.800
2019-20 NYI 4 2201 84 78 6 2.02 0.929
4 seasons Playoffs 17 7801 510 470 40 2.43 0.922

2015-16 season totals

GP Starts WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save %
41 38 231141 1197 1107 90 2.36 0.925

Contract

$1.5MCap hitends in 2017, then UFA
$65KCap dollars per goal above replacement23.1 goals above replacement
$6.1MWorth at the going ratewhat teams paid for a season like his
+$4.6MValueworth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

His cap hit for the whole season, set against what he did in the regular season. Lower is better value. In a season still being played the cost per point starts high and falls as the games add up. Value is coloured by where it ranks among the 58 ranked goalies whose contract is known. How value is worked out.

The contract

Who signed him to it, and when, are not on record. It runs through 2016-17, with 1 season left after this one, and he is then an unrestricted free agent.

Season Cap hit
2015-16 $1.5M
2016-17 $1.5M

Each season left on the contract. Only its cap hit and its end are known: how the pay is split by season, and any signing bonus, are not.

Contracts he has signed

Signed Signed by Kind Seasons Years In all Cap hit
2020-21 to 2021-22 $3.6M
2017-18 to 2019-20 $3.333M
2015-16 to 2016-17 $1.5M
2014-15 to 2014-15 $1M
2013-14 to 2013-14 $750K
2011-12 to 2012-13 $588K
2009-10 to 2010-11 $550K

Every contract on record for him, newest first, with the team that signed him to it and the day it was signed. The one covering 2015-16 is marked. An extension is signed while the contract before it is still running, often a year ahead. A row with no team or date is a contract known only by its cap hit, most often one signed since October 2024.

2015-16 analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Rating

+23.1Goals above replacement7th of 58 goalies
+3.9Wins above replacementgoals above replacement divided by six
+12.7Goals above averagehis goals saved above expected

Each number is coloured by where it ranks among the 58 ranked goalies: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. Goals above average is coloured as it is under Shots faced below, where it is taken per 60 minutes.

The goals he saved for his team, compared with a spare-part goalie facing the same shots. A goalie's season is about one-third the goalie and two-thirds chance, so read one year lightly. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

-20-1001020302011-122013-142015-162017-182019-202021-22Goals above replacementGoals above replacement, by season

Shots faced

Expected goals adds up how likely each shot he faced was to go in, judged by where it came from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. A goalie who lets in fewer than that has saved goals above expected. Only shots taken while he was in net count, and the league's goalies as a whole come out at zero. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

+12.7Goals saved above expectedexpected goals minus goals against
102.7Expected goals againstfrom 1,630 unblocked attempts
90Goals againstwhile he was in net
0.925Save %0.914 expected from his shots

Goals saved above expected, taken per 60 minutes, and save % are coloured by where they rank among the 57 goalies who played enough to be ranked: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. The two goals against tiles are left plain, since they follow how much he played.

Goals saved +0.33 above expected per 60 minutes91st
Shot difficulty 6.3% chance per attempt faced65thA higher bar means his team gives up more dangerous shots.

Each bar shows the share of goalies he is ahead of, among the 57 who played at least a quarter as much as the busiest this season.

050100Game 10Game 20Game 30Game 40Expected 102.7Allowed 90

The goals he was expected to let in and the goals he did, as the season went on. When the allowed line runs below the expected line, he is saving more than his shots were worth.

Where he was shot at

Every unblocked attempt he faced this season, with his net on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot, and each dot is a goal. "Show every shot" switches to a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. Click a goal for its details.

Game log

Date Opponent Result Decision Shots against Saves Goals against Save % TOI
Apr 10, 2016 vs PHI L 2-5 9 7 2 0.778 20:00
Apr 7, 2016 @ NYR W 4-1 W 37 36 1 0.973 60:00
Apr 4, 2016 vs TBL W 5-2 W 34 32 2 0.941 60:00
Mar 31, 2016 vs CBJ W 4-3 W 24 21 3 0.875 60:00
Mar 29, 2016 vs CAR W 2-1 (SO) W 27 26 1 0.963 65:00
Mar 25, 2016 @ TBL L 4-7 L 41 35 6 0.854 57:28
Mar 21, 2016 vs PHI L 1-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 57:19
Mar 19, 2016 @ DAL L 0-3 L 35 33 2 0.943 58:48
Mar 17, 2016 @ NSH L 2-4 L 31 28 3 0.903 59:55
Mar 14, 2016 vs FLA W 3-2 W 25 23 2 0.920 60:00
Mar 12, 2016 @ BOS L 1-3 L 31 28 3 0.903 57:53
Mar 9, 2016 @ TOR L 3-4 (SO) OTL 36 33 3 0.917 65:00
Mar 8, 2016 vs PIT W 2-1 3 3 0 1.000 04:22
Mar 3, 2016 @ WPG W 4-3 (OT) W 29 26 3 0.897 61:21
Mar 1, 2016 @ VAN W 3-2 W 33 31 2 0.939 60:00
Feb 18, 2016 vs WSH L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 63:56
Feb 15, 2016 vs DET W 4-1 W 29 28 1 0.966 59:52
Feb 13, 2016 @ CAR L 3-6 3 3 0 1.000 19:35
Feb 11, 2016 vs LAK W 5-2 W 30 28 2 0.933 59:58
Feb 7, 2016 vs EDM W 8-1 W 31 30 1 0.968 60:00
Jan 12, 2016 vs CBJ W 5-2 W 20 18 2 0.900 60:00
Jan 3, 2016 vs DAL W 6-5 W 41 36 5 0.878 60:00
Jan 2, 2016 @ PIT L 2-5 L 26 22 4 0.846 30:57
Dec 31, 2015 @ BUF W 2-1 W 43 42 1 0.977 59:47
Dec 29, 2015 @ TOR W 6-3 W 33 30 3 0.909 60:00
Dec 27, 2015 vs TOR L 1-3 L 37 35 2 0.946 59:10
Dec 17, 2015 @ COL L 1-2 L 30 28 2 0.933 58:19
Dec 13, 2015 vs NJD W 4-0 W, SO 27 27 0 1.000 59:39
Dec 4, 2015 vs STL W 2-1 (SO) W 32 31 1 0.969 65:00
Nov 30, 2015 vs COL W 5-3 W 28 25 3 0.893 60:00
Nov 28, 2015 @ TBL W 3-2 W 31 29 2 0.935 60:00
Nov 22, 2015 @ MTL L 2-4 L 26 23 3 0.885 58:42
Nov 20, 2015 vs MTL L 3-5 L 16 15 1 0.938 38:35
Nov 13, 2015 @ ANA W 4-1 W 25 24 1 0.960 60:00
Nov 10, 2015 @ SJS W 4-2 W 36 34 2 0.944 60:00
Nov 1, 2015 vs BUF L 1-2 L 22 20 2 0.909 58:50
Oct 29, 2015 vs CAR L 2-3 (OT) OTL 29 26 3 0.897 62:21
Oct 24, 2015 @ STL W 3-2 (OT) W 40 38 2 0.950 64:00
Oct 15, 2015 vs NSH W 4-3 W 47 44 3 0.936 60:00
Oct 12, 2015 vs WPG W 4-2 W 24 22 2 0.917 59:52
Oct 9, 2015 vs CHI L 2-3 (OT) OTL 35 32 3 0.914 61:49